Mobile technology proves helpful to the medical industry

I can honestly say that this news is no real shock to my little eyeballs. The idea that mobile technology could be beneficial to the medical community is almost a no brainer.

This is an industry that is constantly on the move. So of course having small, easy to access devices would help prevent mistakes and wasted time that could be spent better helping patients. It is just plum logical people. ;o)

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont announced today that physicians and other health care professionals throughout Vermont now have convenient access to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont prescription drug benefit information via the latest mobile technology.

Providers will have access to Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s list of covered drugs through the Epocrates hand-held drug reference applications designed for the Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms and through the Epocrates Rx Online(TM) reference available for Internet-connected desktop computers. All Epocrates products are easily downloadable via the Internet and are currently used by over 27 percent of Vermont physicians.